172 ORCHIDS OF THE SIKKIM-HIMALAYA. 
bearing one or two ovate sheaths. Ласете about 12 in. long, sparsely-flowered ; 
bract about “25 in. long, membranous, much shorter than the stalked ovary. Flowers 
1:75 in. across (vertically); the spur stout, about as long as the sepals and much 
shorter than the pubescent ovary, slightly curved, cylindro-conic. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate. Petals oblanceolate, acuminate, all spreading or sub-reflexed. Zip adnate to 
the column to near the apex of the latter, longer than the sepals; basal lobes broadly 
oblong, divergent; the mouth of the spur with twin calli; apical lobe broad, divided 
by а narrow sinus into two broad rounded lobules with minutely erose edges. Pollinia 
attached in two groups of four to two caudicles, the gland elliptic. Column short, 
broad. Walp. Ann. VI, 920; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 852; in Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Cale. V, 31, t. 45, С. galata, Lindl. Fol. Orch., 5; Walp. Ann. VI, 914. 
Sikkim, altitude 6,000 to 8,000 feet; Sir J. D. Hooker; Pantling No. 468, in 
flower during April and May. · | 
This is closely allied to б. herbacea, Lindl., but differs in the manner noted 
under that species. The sepals and petals of this are of a yellowish-green and the 
lip white with an elongated patch of yellow СЕ its middle. Тһе flowers have 
the perfume of primroses. | 
Рілте 231.—Calanthe choloroleuea, Lindl. A plant; of natural size. Fig. 1 front view of a 
flower, 2 side view of bract, stalked ovary, column with anther i» situ and lip, 3 lip showing the 
apical and basal lobes, 4 side view of column with anther in position, and of the lip, 5 anther, 
6 pollinia; all enlarged. | 
19. CALANTHE HERBACEA, Lindl. Fol. Orch., 10. 
Pseudo-bulbs short, bluntly fusiform, broadly annular, slightly curved, ‘75 to 1:25 
in. long. Leaves broadly or narrowly elliptic, shortly caudate-acuminate, tapering to the 
petiolate base; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2 to 4 in., petiole 2 to 6 in. long. Peduncle 
from amongst the leaves and nearly twice as long, stout, with one or two lanceolate 
acuminate bracts “5 to 1 in. long; the raceme lax, about 6 in. long, with about 15 
flowers, glaucous. Flowers 1-5 in. in expanse from base to apex; the floral bract 
lanceolate, about half as long as the ovary. раз elliptic, sub-acute, the dorsal one 
rather obovate-elliptic, all spreading. Petals narrower than the sepals, sub-spathulate, 
reflexed. Zip longer than the sepals, attached to the whole length of the column, and 
having a warted triangular callus at the base; side lobes narrowly oblong, directed 
outwards; terminal lobe broadly triangular, deeply emarginate at the apex; the lobules 
diverging, oblong, falcate, the sinus wide with a small apiculus; the slender sigmoid 
spur nearly equal in length to the pedicelled ovary. Column -rather long, forming 
with the base of the lip a cylindric tube. Ап е” pointed. Stigma divided into two 
segments by the entrance to the spur.  Pollinia sub- equal, elongate, clavate, attached to 
an elliptic gland. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. V, 852; in Ann. экы Bot. Gard., Cale., 
V, 30, t. 44. 
Sikkim, at өтеле of from 4, 000 to 6, 000 feet; Hooker fl, King ; oe 
-at Rungbee, 6,000 feet, No. 80; in flower during DN | 
-` The sepals and petals are green, and the lip pure white except its callus which 
is ycllow. The upper halves of the sepals and, petals are sometimes ochreous yellow, 
